Suicidio en el adulto mayor

• Main Authors: Victoria de la Caridad Ribot Reyes, Maritza Alfonso Romero, Martha Elena Ramos Arteaga, Antonio González Castillo
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de La Habana 2012-03-01
• Series: Revista Habanera de Ciencias Médicas
• Online Access: http://www.revhabanera.sld.cu/index.php/rhab/article/view/1970

<div style="left: 138.222px; top: 942.224px; font-size: 16.2786px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(1.42321);" data-canvas-width="129.51243076509525">Introducción:</div><div style="left: 267.768px; top: 942.224px; font-size: 16.2786px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(1.18989);" data-canvas-width="552.1094086925841">el suicidio en el adulto mayor se considera un problema de salud a</div><div style="left: 138.222px; top: 962.012px; font-size: 16.2786px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(1.2546);" data-canvas-width="126.7141418198313">nivel mundial.</div><div style="left: 138.222px; top: 981.703px; font-size: 16.2786px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(1.35681);" data-canvas-width="99.04705693693087">Objetivos:</div><div style="left: 237.16px; top: 981.703px; font-size: 16.2786px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(1.18329);" data-canvas-width="288.72188609589733">caracterizar la conducta suicida en</div><div style="left: 525.594px; top: 981.703px; font-size: 16.2786px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(1.25192);" data-canvas-width="140.21560110547358">el adulto mayor,</div><div style="left: 665.667px; top: 981.703px; font-size: 16.2786px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(1.2244);" data-canvas-width="149.37718934511608">sus variantes y la</div><div style="left: 138.222px; top: 1001.49px; font-size: 16.2786px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(1.1584);" data-canvas-width="683.4564361076575">situación epidemiológica del fenómeno. Precisar los factores de riesgo asociados al</div><div style="left: 138.222px; top: 1021.18px; font-size: 16.2786px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(1.17391);" data-canvas-width="180.78183758946275">suicidio en ancianos.</div><div style="left: 138.222px; top: 1040.97px; font-size: 16.2786px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(1.32205);" data-canvas-width="185.08752360471755">Material y Métodos:</div><div style="left: 323.426px; top: 1040.97px; font-size: 16.2786px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(1.1887);" data-canvas-width="511.1427189912972">se realizó una revisión bibliográfica. Se utilizaron los métodos</div><div style="left: 138.222px; top: 1060.66px; font-size: 16.2786px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(1.18555);" data-canvas-width="681.6902095191691">de análisis documental, análisis-síntesis e inducción-deducción, los cuales, a partir</div><div style="left: 138.222px; top: 1080.45px; font-size: 16.2786px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(1.18055);" data-canvas-width="264.4423749739592">de un mapa de conceptos, perm</div><div style="left: 402.383px; top: 1080.45px; font-size: 16.2786px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(1.19568);" data-canvas-width="248.70098224522016">itieron arribar a conclusiones.</div><div style="left: 138.222px; top: 1100.24px; font-size: 16.2786px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(1.31111);" data-canvas-width="112.7552542656497">Resultados:</div><div style="left: 251.001px; top: 1100.24px; font-size: 16.2786px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(1.17395);" data-canvas-width="261.79059330331637">se presenta la definición de suic</div><div style="left: 512.434px; top: 1100.24px; font-size: 16.2786px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(1.15844);" data-canvas-width="284.97618344141654">idio. Se describen los dos grandes</div><div style="left: 138.222px; top: 1119.93px; font-size: 16.2786px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(1.17852);" data-canvas-width="603.403233396055">tipos de suicidio: el suicidio auténtico y el parasuicidio. Se recogen datos</div><div style="left: 138.222px; top: 1139.72px; font-size: 16.2786px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(1.17034);" data-canvas-width="675.2845859010113">epidemiológicos como que de los más de 1,1 millones de suicidios que se llevan a</div><div style="left: 138.222px; top: 1159.41px; font-size: 16.2786px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(1.18025);" data-canvas-width="310.4049627398273">cabo cada año, la mayoría son cometi</div><div style="left: 448.197px; top: 1159.41px; font-size: 16.2786px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(1.17626);" data-canvas-width="325.8240394643996">dos por adultos de más de 60 años. Se</div><div style="left: 138.222px; top: 1179.19px; font-size: 16.2786px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(1.16634);" data-canvas-width="327.74165690332984">describen los factores de riesgo que inci</div><div style="left: 465.744px; top: 1179.19px; font-size: 16.2786px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(1.18527);" data-canvas-width="314.0969460602803">den en la conducta suicida, los cuales</div><div style="left: 138.222px; top: 1198.89px; font-size: 16.2786px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(1.16805);" data-canvas-width="292.0134161990525">pueden dividirse en médicos, psiqui</div><div style="left: 430.066px; top: 1198.89px; font-size: 16.2786px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(1.17678);" data-canvas-width="275.3669340848761">átricos, psicológicos, familiares y</div><div style="left: 138.222px; top: 1218.67px; font-size: 16.2786px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(1.15807);" data-canvas-width="151.70665501159235">socioambientales.<div style="left: 138.222px; top: 115.038px; font-size: 16.2786px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(1.28938);" data-canvas-width="131.51632471019116">Conclusiones:</div><div style="left: 269.815px; top: 115.038px; font-size: 16.2786px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(1.18095);" data-canvas-width="275.16182390040655">la conducta suicida en el anciano</div><div style="left: 544.893px; top: 115.038px; font-size: 16.2786px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(1.1892);" data-canvas-width="278.2726616981955">tiene rasgos distintivos, dada por</div><div style="left: 138.222px; top: 134.729px; font-size: 16.2786px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(1.18758);" data-canvas-width="688.7974401969018">la realización de menos intentos de suicidio que los jóvenes, utilización de métodos</div><div style="left: 138.222px; top: 154.517px; font-size: 16.2786px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(1.21499);" data-canvas-width="229.6322465239743">más mortales y el reflejo de</div><div style="left: 367.584px; top: 154.517px; font-size: 16.2786px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(1.16986);" data-canvas-width="233.97211756997407">menos señales de aviso las</div><div style="left: 601.333px; top: 154.517px; font-size: 16.2786px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(1.17155);" data-canvas-width="222.5950137663385">cuales son más difíciles de</div><div style="left: 138.222px; top: 174.305px; font-size: 16.2786px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(1.20872);" data-canvas-width="227.2392943718289">detectar. El principal factor</div><div style="left: 365.342px; top: 174.305px; font-size: 16.2786px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(1.203);" data-canvas-width="210.52444219616277">de riesgo lo constituye la</div><div style="left: 575.697px; top: 174.305px; font-size: 16.2786px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(1.15763);" data-canvas-width="224.58100126675845">depresión, asociada o no a</div><div style="left: 138.222px; top: 193.996px; font-size: 16.2786px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(1.17784);" data-canvas-width="342.75214111757">otros factores como enfermedades invalid</div><div style="left: 480.754px; top: 193.996px; font-size: 16.2786px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(1.18517);" data-canvas-width="331.8487441685427">antes, pérdidas familiares y personales.</div><div style="left: 138.222px; top: 236.494px; font-size: 16.2786px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(1.29448);" data-canvas-width="138.50960528544064">Palabras clave:</div><div style="left: 276.736px; top: 236.494px; font-size: 16.2786px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(1.21184);" data-canvas-width="272.6630609388125">anciano, suicidio, adulto mayor.</div></div>